I carved out a little time earlier this morning to drop by the IWC Boutique in South Coast Plaza. I was there primarily to purchase the blue rubber Aquatimer strap for my Aquatimers and I was hoping to spend more time there looking at other pieces, but a huge accident on the 405N near Irvine made what should have been a 10-minute drive into a 45-minute nightmare, so I had limited time to hang out.

Michael, the store manager was great to chat with and while I was short on time, I couldn't say no to trying this on:

In the metal, this one really blew me away; so stunning and I just love the red accents on the watch and the red-backing of the strap. I seriously cannot stop thinking about it now, haha. I'd really have to consolidate a big part of my collection to move up to this piece, but I'm starting to think it might just be worth it!

A couple of the other BPs I saw:

Storefront:

As much as I wanted to leave with something more significant, this is all the IWC I could swing today, haha:

Thanks for looking and apologies that my quick tour falls well short of the benchmark Adam's set with his awesome Boutique excursions! :)

"Using no way as way, having no limitation as limitation." - Bruce Lee